spnyiiAPicus ruber— s. nuchalis. 540 



Sphyrapicus ruber. 



I<<>d-brcastcd \Voo(l|><>«k4>r. 



Pieus ruber, Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, 42!). 



Sphi/rapicus richer, Baiud, Birds N. Am., 18.>S, 104; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859 No 



87.-COOPER, Orn.Cal., I, 1870, .TOJ.-UouES, Key, 1872, 1!»5: ClR-ck List, 

 187.3, No. ;503. ' 



Sphyrapicm varim var. ruber, RiDcav., Am. Joiiiii. Sci. & Arts, V, Jan., 1873, 40. 



— B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. Birds, 11, 1874, 544, i>l. li, fig. 6. 

 Sphyrapicus varms. c. ruber, CoUES, Birds N.VV., 1874, 28G. 



The Red-breasted "Woodpecker was observed only ou the Sierra 

 Nevada, chiefly on the western side of that range; we are not even certain 

 of its occnrrence on the eastern slope, but it is our impression that we saw 

 it once among the pines near Carson City, but the occasion was not such 

 as to aff"ord a satisfactory opportunity to identify the individual in question.' 



Sphyrapicus nuchalis. 



Kcd-iinpod Wootlpockcr. 



{Qu'um-ah'-uiz of the Shoshones.) 



Sphyrapicm varim var. nuchalis, Baiud, Birds N. Am., 1858, 103 (in text).— B. B. 

 & R., Hist. N. Am. Birds, II, 1874, 542, pi. li, figs. 3, 4.— Cooper, Orn. Cal.. 

 I, 390.— CouES, Key, 1872, 195; Check List, 1S73, No. 302a.— Henshaw 

 1875, 392. ' 



Sphyrapicus nuchalis, Baird, Birds N. Am., 1858, 921; ed. 1800, pi. xxxv; Cat. 



N. Am. B., 1859, No. 8G. 

 Sphyrapicus varius. b. nuchalis, CoUES, Birds N.W., 1874, 28G. 



Throughout the country between the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky 

 Mountains, the Red-naped Woodpecker is a common species in suitable 

 localities. Its favorite summer-haunts are the groves of large aspens near 

 the head of the upper canons, high up in the mountains, and for this reason 

 we found it more abundant in the Wahsatch and Uintah region tlian 

 elsewhere; indeed, but a single individual was observed on the Sierra 

 Nevada, and this one was obtained on the eastern slope of the range, near 



' It has recently been obtained by Mr. Heushaw on the eastern slope, near Lake 

 Tahoe. 



